Tornado record · Original Fujita scale
F1 tornado, Chickasaw County, Mississippi, May 5, 1991
RatingF1
Deaths0
Injuries0
Length11 mi
Width880 yd
Path
Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (33.80, -89.07) to the end point (33.88, -88.93), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.
The record
- Date
- May 5, 1991, 9:15 AM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
- Rating
- F1
- States
- Mississippi
- Counties
- Chickasaw County
- Path
- 11 miles long, up to 880 yards wide
- Casualties
- 0 deaths, 0 injuries
Other tornadoes on May 5, 1991
| Date | Rating | State | Path length | Width | Deaths | Injuries |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 5, 1991 | F2 | Texas | 1 mi | 200 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 5, 1991 | F1 | Mississippi | 2 mi | 100 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 5, 1991 | F1 | Georgia | 0.3 mi | 100 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 5, 1991 | F1 | Illinois | 0.5 mi | 50 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 5, 1991 | F0 | Louisiana | 0.2 mi | 17 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 5, 1991 | F0 | Texas | 0.2 mi | 10 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 5, 1991 | F0 | Texas | 0.2 mi | 10 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 5, 1991 | F0 | Colorado | 0.2 mi | 10 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 5, 1991 | F0 | Illinois | 0.5 mi | 50 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 5, 1991 | F0 | South Carolina | 0.3 mi | 70 yd | 0 | 0 |
Tornado history nearby
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, 1950 to 2025.